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Old 05-07-2019, 17:14   #61
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Boat to fit your engine $300,000. Annual engine hours 250. Boat ownership 6 years. Sell boat $150,000. Engine cost per hour $3.ish per above, plus $100 per engine hour depreciation.
Brilliant Zz.
$300,000 boat;
$3/hour running, $100/hr boat depreciation.
Once you've bought your ideal boat the engine running cost is insignificant.

But, for a $3,000 boat and not much income - it matters.
$3/hour running, $1/hour boat depreciation.
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Re: Cost per hour of running engine

my 1000cc diesel is cheaper to run and maintain than my 125cc scooter...
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my 1000cc diesel is cheaper to run and maintain than my 125cc scooter...
How many scooters can you buy when your diesel needs an overhaul?
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Brilliant Zz.
$300,000 boat;
$3/hour running, $100/hr boat depreciation.
Once you've bought your ideal boat the engine running cost is insignificant.

But, for a $3,000 boat and not much income - it matters.
$3/hour running, $1/hour boat depreciation.
so my engine cost per year is under 50 bucks all in . ( picked up engine for 100 USD )
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How many scooters can you buy when your diesel needs an overhaul?
my engine will cost about 500 to rebuild ( I'm a real scrounge about spare parts. )
the majority of the cost would be the gasket set and the new ring set.
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Re: Cost per hour of running engine

I’m lucky in that the previous owner went to the trouble of calibrating the fuel gauges.
They have some sort of 1/4 1/2 etc markings but I couldn’t tell you what they are. The real markings are 200l 150l 100l 50l 25l. Two tanks, 400l.
About .9 GPH.
I know my flat water range. I can look at my SOG and gauges and estimate my current range.
Yes I know liters and gallons per hour are a bastardized set of units but aboard Moonbeam it’s always difficult to predict whether any given thing is metric or English.
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How many scooters can you buy when your diesel needs an overhaul?

lemme see - the scooter is 14 years old, the diesel is 41 years old, but i think the diesel is good for another 10-15 years. That'll probably mean i have to buy 1 new scooter before then. I'm not saying it's a stupid question, I'm just trying to give yer an answer...
FWIW well maintained old marine diesels last almost indefinitely.
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A $500 diesel engine rebuild? LOL.


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lemme see - the scooter is 14 years old, the diesel is 41 years old, but i think the diesel is good for another 10-15 years. That'll probably mean i have to buy 1 new scooter before then. I'm not saying it's a stupid question, I'm just trying to give yer an answer...
FWIW well maintained old marine diesels last almost indefinitely.
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Re: Cost per hour of running engine

Give a diesel 3 things and they will last forever ( or at least seem to )

1) clean water for cooling system
2) clean oil for lube system ( regular changes and oil analysis to identify possible issues )
3) clean fuel. This is the most important .

You do those three things and you will have a long and happy relationship with your engines.
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A $500 diesel engine rebuild? LOL.
for me yes . I'm a scrounge . Ring kits 148 per cylinder. ( md2)
so 2 sets
https://www.ebay.com/itm/Volvo-Penta...edirect=mobile
The other 200 is for new rod and main bearings as needed.

I do all my own shop work
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he who knows not and knows not he knows not......
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